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English

party

/ˈpɑːti/
A person or group of people constituting one side in a legal proceeding, such as in a legal action or a contract.

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    Origin

    Etymology 1

    From Middle English party, partye, partie, from Anglo-Norman partie, from Old French partie (“side, part; portion, share; separation, division”, literally “that which is divided”), noun use of feminine of past participle of Old French partir (“to divide, separate”), from Latin partire (“to share, part, distribute, divide”), from pars (“a part, piece, a share”); see also part. First attested in c. 1300. Doublet of partita. The sense of communist party of a communist state derives Russian партия (partija), short for Коммунистическая партия (Kommunističeskaja partija). By surface analysis, part + -y (“noun suffix”).

    Etymology 2

    From Middle English party, from Old French parti (“parted”), from Latin partītus (“parted”), past participle of partiō (“to divide”). More at part.

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    Lineage

    • inheritedMiddle Englishparty
      • derivedAnglo-Normanpartie
        • derivedOld Frenchpartie “side, part; portion, share; separation, division”
          • derivedOld Frenchpartir “to divide, separate”
            • derivedLatinpartire “to share, part, distribute, divide”
              • derivedRussianпартия
      • derivedOld Frenchparti “parted”
        • derivedLatinpartītus “parted”
          • derivedLatinpartiō “part, divide”
            • partLatinpars “part”
            • partLatin-iō
          • partLatin-tus “action noun-forming suffix”
            • inheritedProto-Italic*-tus
            • inheritedProto-Italic*-tos
            • inheritedProto-Indo-European*-tuHts
          • derivedLatinpartior
    • surface analysisEnglishpart “A fraction of a whole.”
    • surface analysisEnglish-y “Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives meaning “having the quality of”, either “involving…”

    Related: English partita (doublet)

    Words built on it: all-party, after-party

    Meanings

    noun
    1. A person or group of people constituting one side in a legal proceeding, such as in a legal action or a contract.
    2. A person; an individual.
    3. With to: someone who takes part in an action or affair; an accessory.
    4. A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest, etc., or united in maintaining a cause, policy, or opinion in opposition to others; a faction.
    5. A political group considered as a formal whole, usually organized on a national basis, which contests elections and aims to form or take part in a government; a political party.
    6. The Communist Party, especially as the sole political party of a communist state.
    verb
    1. To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.
    2. To take recreational drugs.
    3. To engage in flings, to have one-night stands, to sow one's wild oats.
    4. To form a party (with).
    adv
    1. Partly.
    adj
    1. Divided into parts of different tinctures, usually equal, and especially following the lines of one of the ordinaries.
    2. Shared by two properties and serving to divide them.
    3. Favoring one party; partisan.

    Sources

    • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0
    • Wiktionary: party